• Release year: 2024
• Director: Curtis Everitt, Donald Farmer, Alaine Huntington, Blair Kelly, James M. Myers, Melvin Pittman, Tim Ritter, Jerry Williams, and Logan Winton.
• Producers: Donald Farmer and Alaine Huntington.
• Screenplay by: Curtis Everitt, Blair Kelly, James M. Myers, Melvin Pittman, Tim Ritter, and Jerry Williams.
• Cinematography by: William Buster Benefield, Curtis Everitt, Donald Farmer Blair Kelly, Tim Ritter, Jerry Williams, and Logan Winton.
• Music by: Tre Da Joker, Magicians of the Cookie, and Tim Ritter.

Shotgun Commentary: the stories range from ridiculously cringe, to ridiculously genius, to plain ridiculous.

Review

Catnado is the type of project that makes you wish you lived in whatever American neighbourhood these things take place. Regardless of the final product, one can clearly tell that this crew had a lot of fun making these stories. It is projects like these that remind everyone in the industry why they started. There is nothing wrong with a serious movie and high budgets, but not taking ourselves so seriously is also important, for everyone involved in the film industry.

Bad to worse

Let’s begin with the obvious: special effects and acting. Now, the special effects in this film are an awesome example of “so bad it’s brilliant”. As a long-time fan of disaster movies (the lamer, the better), all the visual effects featured in this film, from invisible wounds to cat plushies and the same scene of CGI catnado repeated thousands of times, bring me so much joy. It doesn’t quite reach Onsen Shark (2024) levels of joy, but it is pretty close. At least close enough to pull out a smile or a chuckle from time to time.

As for the acting, it is so horrible, so dreadful, so cringe, and so absurd, you can’t help but warm up to it. This is clearly not a production made by professionals, but that also means that you can clearly see how much they are enjoying themselves, which allows you to be in on the joke. Some unexpected great acting would have been wonderful, but hey, we can’t all be Easter Bloody Easter (2024).

The cat collage of chaos

The stories are completely separate from each other, their only connection being the strange cat-related weather. This narrative choice is wonderful, since it allows each tale to stand on its own and not be hindered by others. While some will influence the mood in which you face the next account, each part is long enough to make you change your mind, for better or worse. Now, don’t expect any casually mind-blowing stories Circle City Supernatural (2024) style, but there are some gems in there.

A personal favourite is one of the most simple. A priest is hiding from all the cats that are flying around in the tornado and killing people. He tries to hold onto his faith as a way of salvation, but a few cats, that may or may not be imaginary, taunt him into madness. It is possibly the simplest story of the feature, yet it’s also the one that works the best. Then again, the competition is not great in terms of creativity. While all the stories have some humour and cheek, let’s face the facts: they are not good. In fact, being terrible is their greatest attraction.

All in all, nobody who’s willing to watch a film named Catnado is looking for a cinematographic masterpiece. As a fan of disaster films with animals, this will totally fill your film night with the exact amount of camp and nonsense you are looking for. Kinda perfect for a night of laughs with some friends.

Advice to take from this movie:

• The pet name “babycakes” should be banned by the Geneva convention.
• Don’t mess with cat lovers, much less if they look like a Karen.
• There can never be too many cat-related puns.

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